What is it to be out of work? Ask a person who is in such a state. You are educated, organized and the go to man, when you had a job. Now suddenly when you are out of work and yu look for a job, the same experiences that made you the go to man, now makes you over qualified and too expensive. You don’t fit the bill anymore. When you apply for a junior role, they think you will leave because you have too much of experience. When you apply for an equivalent seniority role in another sub domain, they say that you don’t have enough experience in that domain. It is catch 22 - ask someone who is in that spot